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Related: About this forumWell, well... look what the cat dragged in on Cambridge Analytica.
An article from 2015. The plot thickens...
Cambridge Analytica, the market leader in the provision of data analytics and behavior communications for political campaigns, today announced the appointment of Matthew Oczkowski to Director of Product and Molly Schweickert to Director of Digital. Both Ozckowski and Schweickert come from Governor Scott Walkers presidential campaign, and bring vast U.S. political experience to the table in addition to their backgrounds and expertise in data science and digital marketing.
Prior to joining Cambridge Analytica, Oczkowski served as Chief Digital Officer for Scott Walkers gubernatorial reelection campaign in 2014, as well as for Walkers presidential run in 2015. Previously, he also ran the digital department at the public affairs firm, Advocacy Group Inc., where he worked with many of the largest trade associations, non-profits, and corporations to mobilize activists.
https://ca-political.com/news/ca-announces-hire-matthew-oczkowski-and-molly-schweickert
C_U_L8R
(45,053 posts)No wonder it's so quiet over in their corner
rzemanfl
(29,589 posts)that such an asshat got elected. Now we may find out.
cp
(6,688 posts)Hope there may be some breadcrumbs leading back to Wanker.
unc70
(6,138 posts)Ellipsis
(9,124 posts)unc70
(6,138 posts)That is interesting of itself. Do not want anyone misled into thinking it is recent.
Ellipsis
(9,124 posts)The Cambridge staff helped the campaign identify which voters in the RNCs data file were most likely to be persuadable, meaning they were undecided but looked likely to swing toward Trump. They also created lists of voters who were most likely to become donors. In August 2016, a Trump aide told me Cambridge was critical to helping the campaign raise $80 million in the prior month, after a primary race that had been largely self-funded by Trump. This was the only period during which Oczkowskis staff relied on Cambridges data, because the RNC was just beginning to share its data with the Trump team.
https://www.emptywheel.net/2017/10/27/trumps-campaign-didnt-use-cambridge-analyticas-pyschographics-did-his-superpac/
erronis
(15,524 posts)The way it reads is that this is new news. It may be important to understand the timeline and background.
Ellipsis
(9,124 posts)Years of DU can do that to you.
yardwork
(61,855 posts)Can you edit your OP to note that this was reported in 2015?
Very interesting info. Thanks for posting.
Ellipsis
(9,124 posts)Not in the OP but in the first read.
strangedaysindeed
(226 posts)All of them!
Upthevibe
(8,128 posts)I know it's bad..
CanonRay
(14,163 posts)Bon voyage!
Ellipsis
(9,124 posts)...swept up by their talent and no doubt ambition.
I'm curious where all of Walkers recall money came from.
I am indeed.
erronis
(15,524 posts)Money is not a subject or an object. It is a verb to be used to cudgel and coax (not cable) and to compromise.
People like the Mercers and Kochs (mercernaries and cocks?) don't need to report inflow and outflow to the tax departments of the world or to any other government agency.
Several years ago I had read that Saddam Hussein had a pretty good printing press that could duplicate US bills.
Now I really believe that much of the wealth that flows into/outof banks and S.W.I.F.T. is totally fake. Cryptocurrencies were here well before Bitcoin. I wonder if the USSR metaphorical presses are running a bit hot now.
Back to your point. Where did all the money to keep Walker in office come from? I don't know but I doubt it was from real wage earners.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)My, my, my. Scott Walker. I'm shocked! Shocked!
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